Musical Embellishments

In many of Shakespeare’s plays, music is used to carry the plot through from scene to scene. This is similar to our everyday lives. Can you remember the song that was playing in the background when you had your first kiss? What song did you have playing at your wedding? Does your child have a favorite song that when you hear it on the radio, it reminds you of him or her? What song makes you cry? What song brings back happy memories? I imagine you have an answer for at least two of these questions!

Many of our everyday events or special occasions are linked to or summed up by a piece of music and we sometimes don’t even realise it. Whether you like classical, jazz, pop, rock, country, gospel, hymns or rap, there is something for everyone and each piece of music you listen to will evoke a different memory, a different feeling. Why not harness that emotion and put it in some music-inspired scrapbook layouts? Remember the music and not just the moment!

There are many ways you can add music to your page and here are a few of my favorite ideas.

Record a song on a CD and incorporate this into your scrapbook page. Perhaps you could hide it in an envelope with some hidden journaling about how the music makes you feel.

Create your own musical background paper using this gorgeously detailed stamp from Prima and create a page about your top ten songs of all time.

Add the slightest delicate hint of musical notes to the edge of a page using this amazing punch from EK Success.

Been playing Rock Band on the Wii with your family? Scrapbook a page about that – who has been practicing the most? Who has the X Factor? These guitar stickers from Paper House Productions would make great embellishments on a Rock Band page.

I hope that has given you some inspiration to create your own music- themed scrapbook pages. If you find yourself wondering what to journal on a page, think about a song that says what you want to say and use the lyrics.